All National Farmers Union (NFU) articles – Page 37
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News
Media Bites 27 March: Tesco, EU food trade, Booths
Tesco is in advanced talks about a deal with prosecutors that would involve it paying a huge fine over the 2014 financial reporting scandal that saw it exaggerate its profits by more than £300m.
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The Big Interview
Darren Blackhurst's Simple Charter
Group commercial director Darren Blackhurst has helped Morrisons turn a corner. How has he done it?
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Industry trade bodies call for ambitious free-trade deal with EU
The BRC, FDF and NFU want to “avoid costly and disruptive customs checks, processes and procedures”
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Lidl pledges support to NFU 'Back British Farming Charter'
Lidl is to strengthen its British product offering and work with British farmers to develop fair, beneficial and transparent
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Brazilian rotten meat scandal has not affected UK says FSA
Brazilian federal police launched a massive raid on sites owned by 21 Brazilian meat companies
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Analysis and Features
Labour shortage fears need to be taken seriously
Labour shortages in the agricultural industry are a very real threat to the food industry already, warned Alison Capper
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Analysis and Features
Made in Britain
As Brexit, extreme weather and Trump threaten our reliance on imported fruit and veg, is it time to grow more British produce?
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News
Migrant labour fears unfounded, claim government ministers
They told the Efra Committee there was “no evidence” the food sector had faced any difficulties attracting migrant labour
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Irish 'hard border' must be avoided, urge food trade bodies
Disruption to established cross-border supply chains would cause “significant economic damage” for both countries
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Analysis and Features
Budget 2017: the grocery industry reacts
The grocery industry reacts to Philip Hammond’s 2017 budget
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Comment and Opinion
Boris serves up a pineapple fever dream on exports
The foreign secretary tells the British Chambers of Commerce the future for UK exports (including pineapple jam) is bright
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Analysis and Features
Asda is buying into free-range milk, but will consumers?
The willingness of supermarkets to sell free-range milk in volume demonstrates how far the dairy sector has come in the past couple of years, so is it a fad or will it become the norm? Time will tell
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News
New Free Range Dairy Farmers milk wins listings at Asda
Asda is first UK mult to list free-range milk on a national basis
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Comment and Opinion
Reading the Brexit tea leaves at the NFU conference
The annual farming showpiece laid out its ambitions for a post-Brexit food sector as delegates discussed trade, labour and encouraging investment in agriculture
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News
Leadsom plays down prospect of lower quality US meat flooding UK
Andrea Leadsom insisted the government would be ’clear’ in any free-trade discussions on production standards
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Waitrose to rebrand 'British' meals over lamb sourcing row
Retailer has come under fire from farming sector over ‘misleading’ labelling
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NFU urges retailers to help with free-range eggs problem
Meurig Raymond this week wrote to CEOs of top UK food retailers to ask for support
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Adjudicator role extension review to be postponed
The idea of expanding the GCA remit to cover thousands of suppliers has met with a hugely mixed response
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Sainsbury's accused of 'anti-meat agenda'
The NFU is seeking urgent talks with the supermarket over its move to promote vegetables over meat in selected stores
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NFU slammed over hormone and chlorine washing comments
In a radio interview, strategic director Martin Haworth appeared to suggest the NFU would support the practice